Teaching

Hardcopy books

You may request digitisation of:

• one chapter or 10% (your choice) of the pages of a hardcopy book
• all (if the book is out of print).

Submit what you want in the reading list through the Reading List service. Don’t digitise and put sections of books directly into Learning@Griffith or other platforms.*

* Griffith is legally and contractually obliged to ensure all these are kept in a single repository. The Reading List service is the designated repository. Exceptions to this rule will be permitted under particular circumstances, but only after consultation with the Copyright and Information Policy Officer who will document the use.

Journal and newspaper articles from hardcopy issues

You may use:

• one article from each issue of a journal or newspaper
• more articles from the same issue if they are on the same topic.

Submit what you want in the reading list through the Reading List service. Don't copy and put these or other digitalised readings directly into Learning@Griffith or other platforms.*

* Griffith is contractually obliged to put these in a single repository. The Reading List service is the designated repository. Exceptions to this rule will be permitted under particular circumstances, but only after consultation with the Copyright and Information Policy Officer who will document the use.

PowerPoints and images (such as photos, diagrams, graphs and cartoons)

You may copy directly into Learning@Griffith:

• any image you source from the open web*
• your PowerPoint presentation containing these images
• any image from a hardcopy source (as long as an electronic copy of the image is not available for sale).

When referencing in your PowerPoint, include the URL where you sourced your images.

* If you click an I agree box on the web before accessing an image, you are bound by the agreed terms, and you may not be allowed to use the image.

Note: When using images from the internet, you will help reduce our licence costs by using Creative Commons images. Simply source the images you want by doing an Openverse search. Remember to attribute the source, creator and include the CC licence (as this is a condition for CC licence use).

YouTube

You may link (or embed a link) to any YouTube video for your teaching. You may also show a You Tube video live in class. Alternatively, in most instances, you may copy and use YouTube material for teaching your Griffith students (including in your recorded lectures) under a copyright exception. Contact the Copyright and Information Policy Officer for additional advice.

Films and videos

You may play Library and personal DVDs live in class.You can add links to Learning@Griffith for items in the Library's streaming video collections.

In addition, in most instances, you may often copy and use individual clips from commercial films (and not the whole film) for teaching your Griffith students (including in your recorded lectures) under a copyright exception. Contact the Copyright and Information Policy Officer for additional advice.

You may not use for teaching material accessed from personal streaming services such as Netflix (with the exception of certain Netflix documentaries that may be used for teaching).

The Library assists with supplying whole digital films and videos for use within courses, complete the Suggest a purchase form. Contact the Copyright and Information Policy Officer for additional advice.